#2477 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Lime Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Lindepijlstaart ·Mimas tiliae
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what is it?
Mimas tiliae , the lime hawk-moth , is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East, and has also been identified in eastern Canada.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 306 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 18,941 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lime Hawkmoth
- Nederlands
- Lindepijlstaart
- scientific name
- Mimas tiliae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Sphingidae
- sightings in NL
- 306
- sightings in Europe
- 17,657
- sightings worldwide
- 18,941
- GBIF records in NL
- 14,728
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Sphingidae
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Deilephila elpenor
👀 498 in NL
#2491 📷 10Poplar Hawkmoth
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Laothoe populi
👀 269 in NL
#2504 📷 10Privet Hawkmoth
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Sphinx ligustri
👀 227 in NL
#2510 📷 10Eyed Hawkmoth
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Smerinthus ocellata
👀 214 in NL
#2537 📷 7Pine Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Dennenpijlstaart
Sphinx pinastri
👀 175 in NL
#2547 📷 8Convolvulus Hawkmoth
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Agrius convolvuli
👀 164 in NL
#2617 📷 9Small Elephant Hawkmoth
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👀 103 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 154388, Wikidata Q428187, GBIF 5123922, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.